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What is a network?
A network is more than one computer system connected together allowing for communication and sharing of resources
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What is a Local Area Network?
A local area network(LAN) has computer system situated geographically close together usually within the same building or same site like a school or office
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What is a Wide Area Network?
A wide area network (LAN) has computer systems situated in a Distant to each other across a country or the world. An example is the internet
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What is a Personal Area Network ?
A personal area network(PAN) is a personal network for an individual such as a photographer connecting a smart phone, desktop computer and printer together
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What is a wired connection?
A wired connection use physical cable such as copper or fibre optic wires and require a network interface card (NIC) to connect to a network these wired connections use Ethernet
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What is a wireless connection?
A wireless connection such as WIFi or Bluetooth use no cables but require a wireless network interface card these wireless connection can be affected by bad weather or how far the router is for them to connect
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What is a data packet?
A data packet is a small unit of information transmitted over a network, such as the internet, from one device to another.
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What is a hub ?
A hub receives data packet from a connected device and transfer a copy for all connected nodes
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What is a switch?
A switch receives data packet processes them and transfer them to device specifically listed on a destination packet
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What is a router?
A device which connects two or more networks together. It is responsible for forwarding packets of data from one network to another and works out the best route for data to travel between computers.
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What is a bridge?
network bridge is a device used to connect two local area networks (LANs) together to create one larger network
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What is routing?
Routing is the process by which data packets are directed on networks from their source towards their destination.
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A local area network(LAN) has computer system situated geographically close together usually within the same building or same site like a school or office

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What is a Local Area Network?

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A wide area network (LAN) has computer systems situated in a Distant to each other across a country or the world. An example is the internet

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Card 4

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A personal area network(PAN) is a personal network for an individual such as a photographer connecting a smart phone, desktop computer and printer together

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Card 5

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A wired connection use physical cable such as copper or fibre optic wires and require a network interface card (NIC) to connect to a network these wired connections use Ethernet

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